[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29569-29570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12663]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0031]
Recovery Policy RP9526.1, Hazard Mitigation Funding Under Section
406 (Stafford Act)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the final Recovery Policy
RP9526.1, Hazard Mitigation Funding Under Section 406 (Stafford Act),
which is being issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA).
DATES: This policy is effective March 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: This final policy is available online at http://www.regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2010-0031 and on FEMA's Web
site at http://www.fema.gov. You may also view a hard copy of the final
policy at the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Room 835, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lu Juana Richardson, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, via e-mail
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This policy provides guidance on the
appropriate use of hazard mitigation discretionary funding available
under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5172. This will
ensure national consistency in the use of Section 406 mitigation funds
and promote measures that reduce future loss to life and property,
protect the Federal investment in public infrastructure and ultimately
help build disaster-resistant communities.
FEMA has revised this policy to reflect the alignment of benefit
cost analysis methodologies between the Mitigation and Recovery
Directorates. In order to achieve consistency across program areas and
to maximize FEMA's ability to support and encourage cost-effective
hazard mitigation, the Public Assistance Division has adopted the
Mitigation Directorate's Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) methodology for
Section 406 hazard mitigation projects. Previously, the only benefits
considered in the BCA were damage to the facility
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and its damaged contents, necessary emergency protective measures and
temporary relocation assistance. Section VII.B.3. of the policy has
been changed to also consider social net benefits (e.g., loss of
function, casualty, and cost avoidance) in the BCA.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207; 44 CFR part 206.
David J. Kaufman,
Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-12663 Filed 5-25-10; 8:45 am]
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